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Welcome to Part II of my thoughts on "I Knew It, I Knew You," Taylor Swift‘s original song for Toy Story 5! If you know me, you know that Taylor Swift and Disney/Pixar are two of my favorite things in the world. (All I need now is a Starbucks collab drink based on the song in the movie and I’d have the trifecta...) Ever since this collaboration was announced, I’ve been having All The Thoughts. And: practice what you preach. One of the main, foundational ideas of my course is

Y'all, I did it. I made it to midnight last night. And I got the chance to listen to the song 4 or 5 times before I finally passed out. I managed to throw some incoherent initial thoughts up on Instagram, but long story short: this was ✨not✨ what I expected, but in the best way. I think it's fair to say that the general expectation for Taylor's song was something similar to Sarah McLachlan's rendition of "When She Loved Me" in Toy Story 2 -- a contribution to a scene that rea

...just say 'yes.' That's right: when the countdown ended Monday, Pixar & Taylor Swift officially announced the collaboration they had been ingeniously teasing. Taylor Swift has written an original song for Toy Story 5 titled "I Knew It, I Knew You." As she reveals in (the ✨heavily✨ Debut TV coded) Instagram post: "I fell instantly in love with Toy Story 5 when I was lucky enough to see it in its early stages and I wrote this song as soon as I got home from the screening." Th

At this point, I think it's safe to say that something is happening between Taylor Swift and Pixar. Which, if you know anything about me at all, you know that I'm full on fangirling over here. An official Taylor Swift x Disney collaboration? cue Lizzie McGuire music With the benefit of hindsight, this isn't the biggest surprise. After all, Disney+ was the exclusive home to the Eras Tour concert -- and that was before Taylor also released the Eras Tour documentary and updat

If you had asked 5-Years-Ago Lisa what she thought of cruising, she would have given you this look: She couldn't have told you why, of course, because she wouldn't have been on a cruise ship in...many years. But present-day Lisa? Would give you this reaction. I mean -- all the magic of a Disney vacation without waking up early to book extras, without walking 25K steps a day (hush), without the Orlando humidity? Good food, great customer service, top-notch entertainment AND th